Palo Alto, California Travel Information

Filoli The strange name for this amazing home, located in Woodside, just 30 miles south of San Francisco, is tied directly to its owner’s approach to life: Fight for a just cause. Love your fellow man. Live ... Devonshire, CA

Memorial County Park Campgrounds A small parcel of redwood paradise, the campground at Memorial County Park is set beneath beautiful old-growth trees, a healthy second-growth forest, and a deeply incised creek canyon. Established to ... La Honda, CA

Mission San Jose Mission San José is yet another example of Franciscan missionaries’ remarkable ability to select lovely sites for their settlements. The mission sits at the base of folded hills at the eastern edge of... Fremont, CA

Mission Santa Clara de Asis When Mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded in 1777, it stood alone and exposed in a broad valley at the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. These days it’s surrounded by the suburban sprawl of the Si... Santa Clara, CA

Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum While most people likely think of the ocean when talking about Monterey County, most of the county lies inland, where farming has been its biggest claim to fame—and fortune. Produce such as lettuce, a... San Lorenzo Park, CA

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Palo Alto Cruise (Distance: 0.7 mi) Palo Alto, home to the brainy kids of Stanford University, the silicon chip, and the dot-com boom. This idyllic setting is also a full-on cycling mecca, and the many bike lanes that weave in and out o...

Palo Alto, CA - Road Biking - length:15.6 mi

Palo Alto and San Francisco by Train (Distance: 0.8 mi) A great way to experience nearly the entire Bay Area by bike is to utilize Caltrain to take you from Palo Alto into San Francisco and then to ride back. The train line ends in the city very near the G...

Palo Alto, CA - Road Biking - length:49 mi

Bol Park Bike Path (Distance: 1.1 mi) The Bol Park Bike Path is a charmer that threads through a peaceful neighborhood in the hills south of San Francisco. At its heart is Bol Park, a strip of playground and lawn laid alongside Matadero C...

Palo Alto, CA - Rail-Trails - length:1.5 mi

Los Altos - Stanford - Los Altos Bike Path (Distance: 1.8 mi) The route of this ride leads from Los Altos through residential areas of Los Altos Hills to the Stanford campus. A circuitous route through the university offers a chance to see the campus highlights ...

Los Altos, CA - Road Biking - length:17 mi

The Arastradero/Foothill Expressway Hub, Foothills Open Space Preserve, Town of Los Altos Hills (Distance: 2.0 mi) The 15 miles of trail through the woodlands, grasslands, and chaparral-covered hills of this park are restricted to residents of the city of Palo Alto and their accompanied guests. The park, as stated...

Palo Alto, CA - Hiking - length:11 mi

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Palo Alto Palo Alto Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6820 yards, par 72 2.1 miles from center of Palo Alto, California

Stanford University Stanford University Golf Course Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 6778 yards, par 71 2.6 miles from center of Palo Alto, California

Shoreline Shoreline Golf Links Municipal, 18 holes 6576 yards, par 72 3.2 miles from center of Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto Hills Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6269 yards, par 71 4.1 miles from center of Palo Alto, California

Sharon Heights Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6837 yards, par 72 4.3 miles from center of Palo Alto, California

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